The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
News Items from Various States
and Territories.
ILLINOIS,.

ILLINOIS.
| Miss Lizzie Ely, aged nineteen years, who
| lived with her parents near Freeport. and
: who became insane on account of a quarrel
/ with her lover, cut her throat with piece
| of glass few days ago, infiicting fatal
wound
| The extensive plant of the United States
| Rolling Stock Company will be removed
| from Urbana, O., to Decatur.
| Edward Forsman confessed in open count
| at Newton q few days ago to being an ac-
| cessory before the fact of the murder of
| George Bowers, and was sentenced to four
| teen years in the penitentiary.
Hundreds of cattle are being dehorned in
| the vicinity of Pekin among the farmers.
| Those that were dehorned some weeks ago
were doing well
The State Board of Agriculture is receiv-
| ing reports of a most discouraging nature
| with regard 10 the crop prospects for next
| year. The winter wheat crop is of very
poor quality, and the yield will be small
Cattle are being shipped out of the State as
rapidly as possible, because the price of
| corn is too high to feed with profit
Jane McMullin, living ten miles south of
| Paris, hung herself the other morning be-
| cause young man to whom she was en-
| gagged left for Missouri without seeing her
Richard Tinker was killed by the acct
| dental discharge of his gun while hunting
| near Decatur recently.
William Bonner, justice of the peace in
| Murphysboro, lately brought libel suit
| against Samuel Darlington, his son law
He tried the case himself acting as Judge,
| lawyer, witness and jury, and gave himself
verdict of $4,000
| New York capitalists are at work in Chi
| cago endeavouring to secure right of way
| for system of elevated railways. The syn
dictate is said to have $2O,O00,000 at it's
command.
| Mr.. John Cunningham and wife celebrated
| their golden wedding at their residence in
| Salem few evenings ago.
Ulysses Pemberton, aged twenty-one
years, shot and killed his father the other
| morning at the homestead near Gallatia
Saline County, on account of a trivial quar-
rel
W. Parkinson's large stock-barn in Will
low, 10 Davies County, burned the other
night, together with sixty tons of hay, five
hundred bushels of corn and six head of
cattle.
Three of the best-executed counterfeit
coins in circulation in Chicago for some
years were turned into the sub-treasury the
other day. They are standard dollars of
the issue of 1884, and in size, appearance
and weight are perfect
IOWA
Ira 0. King, of Mason City has accepted
the position of Deputy State Superintend-
emit of Public Instruction and will enter
upon his duties January 1.
Nathan Sanders of Grinnell, aged eighty
eight years, died the other morning and
his wife, aged eighty-four years, followed
him two days afterwards, both dying of old
age. The old couple were pioneers there
and widely respected.
Spencer Lee, aged seventy-one years,
committed suicide at Des Moines few days
ago by shooting. Dependency from co.'s
tinued ia-health caused the act
At Sioux City the other day numerously
signed protest was published declaring that
the presentation of canes to Arensdorf's
attorneys did not by any means represent
the business men of that city. The citizens
of Marathon, Pocahontas County hanged
John Arensdorf and Sheriff Mcdonald in
effigy and gave three groans for Kellogg
and the jury.
Marcus Cherokee County, farmers pro-
pose to organize a grain-shipping associa-
tion and handle their own grain.
Dr. Thomas J. Jones, a druggist of
Sevastopol; G. S. Porter, student in the
Des Moines Electric Medical College, and
an ignorant fellow named Patthoff We're
caught the other night in the act of robbing
the grave of Mrs. Clafiin at Mitchellville.
Levy FL. Guye, supposed to be a cattle
dealer from Walnut, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the mouth in a
room in Chicago hotel few nights ago
Bowen's drugstore, the Office of the
Weekly Enterprise and several other build
ings made $15, 900 fire at New Sharon the,
other day.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Gesner, of Jefferson,
celebrated their golden wedding a few
evenings ago.
Robert Brown, a coal-miner, fatally shoS
John Nicholson another miner, at Knox
vile Junction few days ago. Brown was
arrested.
The brewers of Cedar Rapids nave been
given until March l to dispose of the stocks
they have on hand, upon their promising
to close after that date
By the collision of two construction trains
at Waterloo the other night Fireman Davis
was fatally and Engineer Caffeu slightly in
jured.
The dynamite bomb exploded at Mar
shalltown recently was to find out the per-
petrators of practical jokes with bombs
filled with sawdust 1t was successful, the
jokers having confessed
At the recent State poultry show at Mar
shalltown there were five hundred and fifty
entries and a fine display of flowers
+ WISCONSIN.
A resolution to levy tax of So, 200 in
Manitowoc County for the support of indi-
gent soldiers and their families was defeat
ed by tie vote, twelve being in favor and
twelve opposed
Louis Laubenstein, aged tfty-seyen years,
well-known merchant of Hartford, was
found dead in his bed the other morning.
The condition of his body was such as to
warrant the belief that he committed sui
eide by swallowing strychnine.
The State Grange met in annual session
at Madison recently. Worthy Master Carr
in his annual address urged petitioning
Congress to pass laws for Government con-
troll of telegraph, election of postmasters
by the people concerned, making sufficient
appropriations to stamp out diseases among
stock, and for reduced postage on seeds and
plants from sixteen to eight cents Mr.
Carr was reelected Master.
George Smithenson, of North Prairie,
Waukesha County, while wheeling sack of
flour few days ago slipped and fell back
ward, striking his head, and was instantly
killed by the shock.
The burial of an unknown man in the
potter's field at Milwaukee recently made
six unknown dead who had been buried
there during the last year.
Andrew Samenink, baker of Eau Claire,
received fatal injuries recently by being
thrown from a delivery wagon.
Governor Rusk has appointed Howard j.
Huntington county judge of Brown County,
vice Morgan L. Martin, deceased The term
ends in January, 1890.
G. l. Slater and J. J. Reese and their
families, who left Beloit September II last
for Jacksonville Fla arrived there the